Mr. Palijaro ESL Level 4 Email: rpalijaro@longbranch.k12.nj.us Phone: (732) 229-7300 x55028 Office Hours: Wednesdays and Fridays | 12:45PM to 1:40PM
My Thoughts on Teaching: A teacher must possess the following attributes: commitment, organization, and love. Teaching is not a 40 hour per week job. Teaching is more of a lifestyle than a profession. A committed teacher spends his/her entire day honing his/her craft, developing his/her teaching skills, and viewing all life experiences, from the banal to the sublime, as viable content for instruction. In addition, if a teacher fails to plan, he/she plans to fail. Good teaching is good planning. Organizing, scaffolding, and differentiating instruction allow a teacher to equitably engage and include the diversity of students that make up the urban and suburban classroom. Finally, the outstanding teacher has a love for learning, a love for teaching, and a love for the student-teacher relationship.